Bilinguals’ knowledge of ‘home’ and ‘school’ words revisited
Evidence from Polish-English bilinguals
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7156017 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karolina Muszyńska (0000-0003-3750-0749, University of Warsaw, corresponding author), Magdalena Łuniewska (0000-0001-5504-9766, University of Warsaw, corresponding author), Agnieszka Dynak (0000-0001-9064-2215, University of Warsaw), Joanna Kolak (0000-0003-2689-7103, University of Warsaw), Ronja Lohrum (University of Warsaw), Agnieszka Otwinowska (0000-0002-1127-3982, University of Warsaw), Zofia Wodniecka (0000-0002-2981-867X, Jagiellonian University), Ewa Haman (0000-0003-1615-711X, University of Warsaw) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 73-91 |
| Publication date | 2025-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1367-0050 • E-ISSN: 1747-7522 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13670050.2024.2399639 |
| OpenAlex | W4402636008 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 27 |
Bilingual children’s total vocabulary in each of their languages is oftensmaller than that of monolinguals. In their seminal study, Bialystok et al.(2010. ‘Receptive vocabulary differences in monolingual and bilingualchildren.’ Bilingualism: Language and Cognition 13 (4): 525-531) dividedchildren’s vocabulary into ‘home’ and ‘school’ words and found nodifferences in bilinguals’ knowledge of ‘school’ words compared tomonolinguals. In Study 1, we asked 292 parents and teachers tocategorize words into ‘home’ or ‘school’ contexts, and in Study 2, weanalyzed the vocabulary of 220 Polish-English bilingual andmonolingual (English and Polish) children aged 4.5-7. The results showthat bilinguals knew fewer ‘home’ and ‘school’ words thanmonolinguals in each language. However, bilinguals were likely to beexposed to these words either at home or at school, whereasmonolinguals would hear them in both contexts. For a small subset ofEnglish words that bilinguals heard in both contexts, bilinguals showedsimilar performance to monolinguals. Our results provide evidence forexposure effects in vocabulary acquisition
Indo-European languages · Linguistics · Multilingualism · Neuroscience of multilingualism · Pedagogy · Translanguaging · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology
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| Citations per year | 4 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |